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| Preface | |
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| General Topics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Logical Organization | |
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| Scalability | |
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| Predictability | |
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| Responsiveness | |
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| Efficiency | |
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| Windows | |
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| Windows, Objects, and Properties | |
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| Overview of Window Types | |
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| Window Types for Objects, Properties, and Actions | |
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| Primary Windows | |
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| Title Bars in Primary Windows | |
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| Toolbars in Primary Windows | |
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| Status Bars in Primary Windows | |
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| Property Windows | |
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| Property Window Characteristics | |
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| Choosing the Correct Property Window Characteristics | |
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| Dedicated and Non-Dedicated Property Windows | |
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| Inspecting and Non-Inspecting Property Windows | |
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| Behavior and Layout of Property Windows | |
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| Action Windows | |
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| Title Text in Action Windows | |
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| Command Buttons in Action Windows | |
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| Window Titles for Identically Named Objects and Views | |
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| Window Titles for Identically Named Objects | |
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| Window Titles for Multiple Views of the Same Object | |
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| Setting the State of Windows and Objects | |
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| Positioning Secondary Windows | |
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| Restoring the State of Property Windows | |
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| Alerting Users After an Object's State Changes | |
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| Multiple Document Interfaces | |
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| Menus | |
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| Menu Elements | |
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| Keyboard Shortcuts and Mnemonics for Menu Items | |
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| Available and Unavailable Items | |
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| Additional Conventions for Menu Items | |
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| Common Menus | |
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| Typical File Menu | |
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| New Item | |
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| Open Item | |
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| Close Item | |
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| Print Item | |
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| Preferences Item | |
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| File Properties Item | |
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| Most Recently Used (MRU) Menu List | |
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| Exit Item | |
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| Typical Edit Menu | |
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| Updating Labels of Menu Items | |
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| Paste Special Item | |
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| Properties Item | |
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| Typical View Menu | |
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| Typical Help Menu | |
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| Additional Menus | |
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| Object Menus | |
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| Object Menus and the Action Menu | |
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| Beyond Object Menus and the Action Menu | |
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| Contextual Menus | |
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| Window Management and the File Menu | |
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| When Window Reuse Is the Default | |
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| When Opening a New Window Is the Default | |
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| Behavior | |
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| Modes | |
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| Modal Secondary Windows | |
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| Modes Set from Tool Palettes | |
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| Application-Wide Modes | |
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| Selecting Multiple Objects | |
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| Filtering and Searching a Set of Objects | |
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| Complex Filtering and Searching | |
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| Simple Filtering and Searching | |
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| Stopping Searches and Filter Operations | |
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| Tool Tips | |
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| Idioms | |
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| Overview of Idioms | |
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| Idioms for Selecting and Editing in Tables | |
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| Selection Models and Editing Models for Tables | |
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| Using Row-Selection Models | |
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| Editing Row-Selection Tables | |
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| Using Cell-Selection Models | |
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| Editing Cell-Selection Tables | |
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| Idioms for Arranging a Table | |
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| Table Appearance | |
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| Table Command Placement | |
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| Column Reordering and Column Resizing | |
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| Row Sorting | |
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| Automatic Row Sorting | |
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| Tree Table Idiom | |
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| Idioms for Text Fields and Lists | |
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| Browse Idiom | |
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| Key-Search Idiom | |
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| Add-and-Remove Idiom | |
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| Container-and-Contents Idiom | |
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| Responsiveness | |
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| Characteristics of Responsive Applications | |
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| Problems of Unresponsive Applications | |
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| Responsiveness as Part of Performance | |
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| Computational Performance | |
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| Scalability | |
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| Perceived Performance, or Responsiveness | |
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| Determining Acceptable Response Delays | |
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| Measuring Response Delays | |
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| Setting Benchmarks for Response Delays | |
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| Tools for Measuring Response Delays | |
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| Responding to User Requests | |
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| Providing Operational Feedback | |
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| Deciding Whether to Provide Feedback | |
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| Types of Visual Feedback | |
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| Providing the Correct Type of Visual Feedback | |
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| Letting Users Stop Commands in Progress | |
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| Special Topics | |
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| Wizards | |
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| Fundamentals of Wizards | |
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| Standalone Wizards and Embedded Wizards | |
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| Typical Uses of Wizards | |
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| Deciding Whether You Need a Wizard | |
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| Providing Alternatives to Wizards | |
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| Types of Wizard Pages | |
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| User-Input Pages | |
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| Overview Page | |
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| Requirements Page | |
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| Confirmation Page | |
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| Progress Pages | |
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| Summary Page | |
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| Designing Wizard Pages | |
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| Designing the Title Bar | |
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| Designing the Bottom Pane | |
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| Designing the Right Pane | |
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| Subtitles | |
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| Main Instructions | |
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| User-Input Areas | |
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| Additional Instructions | |
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| Navigation Instructions | |
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| Designing the Left Pane | |
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| Deciding What to Display in the Left Pane | |
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| Left Pane with a List of Steps | |
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| Left Pane with Steps That Branch or Loop | |
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| Left Pane with Help Text | |
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| Left Pane with Steps and Help Text | |
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| Left Pane with a Graphic | |
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| Designing Wizard Behavior | |
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| Delivering and Starting Wizards | |
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| Supporting a User's Entire Task | |
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| Positioning and Sizing Wizards | |
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| Checking Wizard Dependencies and User Input | |
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| Providing Operational Feedback in Wizards | |
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| Alerting Users in Wizards | |
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| Designing Installation Wizards | |
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| Choosing a Location for a Wizard's Code | |
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| Helping Users Decide Whether to Install | |
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| Tasks That Installation Wizards Should Handle | |
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| Events and Alarms | |
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| Alarm Conditions | |
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| Levels of Severity | |
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| Alarm Status | |
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| Logging Events | |
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| Displaying Alarm Views | |
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| Alarm Graphics | |
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| Monitored-Entities View | |
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| Detailed Alarm View | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |